Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] his [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inventor must resist any temptation he might have to publish details of his invention before the first filing date ( the priority date ) , otherwise he could inadvertently add his invention to the state of the art and anticipate his own invention . |
| 2 | Now Hyde could not show his face to the world again . |
| 3 | Councillor David Warner , while commenting that he could not bring his find to the council meeting , reported that he had spied a full sized bath with one tap which had been thrown in the hedge in Tunbridge Lane . |
| 4 | He was loud against ‘ these new religions ’ ; his woodland life and really intense sympathy with Nature could not overcome his adherence to traditional views of religion . |
| 5 | His dip could n't save his fight to be elected and he 's now stepped down . |
| 6 | He supposed that he could painlessly adjust his style to the demands of Stalinism , and indeed his return produced three of his most enduring pieces , the ballet ‘ Romeo and Juliet ’ , his music for the film ‘ Lieutenant Kijé ’ and his charming children 's work , ‘ Peter and the Wolf ’ . |